svn commit: r283929 - head/games/grdc

Devin Teske dteske at FreeBSD.org
Wed Jun 3 20:45:59 UTC 2015


> On Jun 3, 2015, at 12:48 PM, John-Mark Gurney <jmg at funkthat.com> wrote:
> 
> Ed Maste wrote this message on Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 20:53 +0000:
>> Author: emaste
>> Date: Tue Jun  2 20:53:17 2015
>> New Revision: 283929
>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/283929
>> 
>> Log:
>>  Correct grdc(1) 12-hour display between 12:00 and 13:00
>> 
>>  PM starts at 12:00, not 13:00.
>> 
>>  PR:		194291, 200133
>>  Submitted by:	Nick Price
>>  MFC after:	1 week
> 
> The fact that this was missed for a 20+ year old program shows that
> we should just remove it…

FYI removal was discussed on src-commmitters@ (svn-src-all@ and
svn-src-head@ were also CC’d) on these days by these people:

Thread Subject: svn commit r278616 - in head: . contrib/netbsd-tests/games
etc etc/mtree etc/root games games/caesar games/fortune/
datfiles release/scripts share/man/man4 share/man/man6
share/man/man7 share/mk sh...

Feb 10, 2015 @ 01:47A: commit r278616 by cperciva removes grdc et. al. games
Feb 10, 2015 @ 01:49A: cperciva says if you want punch card support, e-mail off-list
Feb 10, 2015 @ 02:29A: dteske voices opposition to removal of grdc
Feb 10, 2015 @ 06:36A: Slawa Olihovchenkov voices opposition to removal of pom
Feb 10, 2015 @ 10:25A: Jan Beich gives opinions on grdc
Feb 10, 2015 @ 10:37A: Stanislav Sedov gives +1 for keeping grdc and
voices opposition to removal of caesar/rot13

Then fast forward to February 21:

Thread Subject: svn commit: r279150 - in head: . games games/bcd games/ppt
tools/build/mk
February 21, 2015 @ 11:23P: cperciva moves forward with ``Step 2 of eliminating
the “games” distribution’’ while retaining pom, grdc, rot13, and caesar utilities
based on ``an astonishing volume of email informing [cperciva] that those are still
being widely used.’'
— 
Cheers,
Devin



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